{"id":14349,"date":"2026-11-09T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/named-animals\/sumedha-minneriya\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:03:32","slug":"sumedha-minneriya","status":"publish","type":"sw_named","link":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/named-animals\/sumedha-minneriya\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumedha (Minneriya)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sumedha is a long-tusked bull that roams Minneriya and Kaudulla at certain times of the year, and has also been seen around Kalawewa, Kekirawa, Ganewalpola and Namal Uyana. On 7 March 2025 a tusker believed to be Sumedha was hit by a lorry on the Habarana\u2013Maradankadawala road near Galapitagala and lost a tusk said to be over five feet long. Wildlife teams searched for him for treatment but did not find him, and his fate is not confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sumedha is a long-tusked bull that roams Minneriya and Kaudulla at certain times of the year, and has also been seen around Kalawewa, Kekirawa, Ganewalpola and Namal Uyana. On 7 March 2025 a tusker believed to be Sumedha was hit by a lorry on the Habarana\u2013Maradankadawala road near Galapitagala and lost a tusk said to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-14349","sw_named","type-sw_named","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sw_named"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}